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The premiere of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, was in 1910. The situation in Belgrade, around 1910 in the field of musical culture, and culture in general, was not so good as in other parts of Europe. In a society with not so many professional musicians, where amateurs were the main carriers of musical life, the young composer and conductor Stanislav Binički, who had come back from his studies in Munich decided to organize with a group of enthusiasts the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In this article I will represent the musical situation in the capital around 1910 and show what this premiere brought to audiences and musicians in Belgrade.
Abstract
In 2023, a major European musical ensemble, the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrates its centennial. In the course of 100 years, this institution faced numerous obstacles, but thanks to the enthusiasm of great musicians, especially conductors, it has survived and laid the foundation for further musical and cultural development in Serbia. This article discusses the activity of the most important orchestral leaders (Stevan Hristić, Lovro von Matačić, Krešimir Baranović, Živojin Zdravković, Horst Förster, Vassily Sinaisky, Emil Tabakov, Uroš Lajovic, Dorian Wilson, Muhai Tang, Gabriel Feltz, Daniel Raiskin and Zubin Mehta), who have vastly contributed to or changed the course of the orchestra's development and left a big mark in its hundred-year-long history. In its centenary year, we will look back into the past, review the present, but also take a glimpse into the future the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra has already started to write for itself.
